ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press Tad Goldman, left and Candice Parker, right, hoist one-year-old Xander Parker to the bus window to say goodbye to his father, Spc. Elijah Parker, in the center in the window, as Spc. Shelly Yarde and Spc. Ashley McGinnis look on. All are members of the 384th military police detachment. They were preparing to leave the Evansville National Guard Armory on Monday for Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind.

ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press Spc. Mark James, a member of the 384th Military Police Company, gives his family a big group hug before he gets ready to board the bus at the Evansville National Guard Armory and head to Camp Atterbury on Monday.

ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press Spc. Elijah Parker, a member of the 384th Military Police Company, gets a hug from his daughter Hailey Parker, 5, as she says goodbye to him at the Evansville National Guard Armory on Monday. Parker is a fifth generation solider serving his second tour in Iraq. His great-great-grandfather was killed in World War I.

ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press Summer James, 3, plays with her father, Spc. Mark James, a member of the 384th Military Police Company, before having to say goodbye to him at the Evansville National Guard Armory on Monday. James leaves behind three daughters, Laura, 9, Megan, 6 and Summer 3 as he is deployed for the next year in Iraq. Members of the 384th Military Police Company will depart Evansville for Camp Atterbury. They will then train at Fort Dix, N.J. before transitioning into Iraq.